Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans - 70th match - May 21
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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans - 70th match - May 21
The 70th match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans on the 21st of May, 2023 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
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Live Scores - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Titans
Current Form Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently placed at the 4th position on points table.
The top run scorer for Royal Challengers Bangalore is Faf du Plessis with 702 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Royal Challengers Bangalore is Mohammed Siraj with 17 scalps under his belt.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad comfortably in their previous match by 8 wickets.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and they posted a total of 186 for 5 in 20 overs. The Sunrisers Hyderabad innings was all about a class act by Heinrich Klaasen who smashed 104 runs off 51 balls. Apart from him, no other batter tried to take the innings deep. On the back of Klaasen's brilliance, Sunrisers Hyderabad got to a total of 186 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, RCB started off very well. The opening pair of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis carted the bowlers to all parts of the ground. Faf du Plessis scored 71 off 47 deliveries while Kohli smashed 100 in just 63 balls to take RCB home comfortably in the 20th over with 8 wickets in hand.
Gujarat Titans Form Guide:
Gujarat Titans have already qualified for the Playoffs and are currently placed at the top position on points table.
The top run scorer for Gujarat Titans is Shubman Gill with 576 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Gujarat Titans is Rashid Khan with 23 scalps under his belt.
Gujarat Titans have won their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs.
Gujarat Titans batted first and they posted a total of 188 for 9 in 20 overs of play. Shubman Gill was fabulous with the bat. He carted the bowlers to all directions of the ground for his deserving 101 in 58 balls. Sai Sudarshan played a great supporting role with a knock of 47 in 36 balls. After these two were dismissed, the Gujarat Titans innings couldn't really accelerate in the death overs and they had to settle down for a total of 188 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a terrible start. They lost 4 wickets for just 29 runs and looked to be in sheer trouble. Heinrich Klaasen tried his best with a knock of 64 in 44 balls but he found no support from the other end as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Sunrisers Hyderabad were restricted to a total of 154 for 9 in 20 overs, as they lost the match by 34 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis (C), Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley
Gujarat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Kane Williamson
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Gujarat Titans
Who will win?- Royal Challengers Bangalore
Top Batter (Runs Score) – Sai Sudarshan (Gujarat Titans), Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Noor Ahmad (Gujarat Titans), Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Most Sixes – Sai Sudarshan (Gujarat Titans), Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Player of the Match - Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Team Scores Batting first - Royal Challengers Bangalore 185+, Gujarat Titans 175+
Match Handicap: Royal Challengers Bangalore
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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